DEL MAR: Zenyatta's foils?

NORTH COUNTY TIMES

The field for Saturday's Grade I Clement L. Hirsch Stakes to be
run at 1 1/16 miles on Del Mar's Polytrack. Post time is
approximately 6:15 p.m., and the race will be televised by
Television Games (TVG).

Comment: Recently finished second in the Beverly Hills Handicap
on the grass at Hollywood Park. This is her third start in the
United States. Is 0-for-8 on synthetic surfaces.

2. Made for Magic, Omar Berrio A.C. Avila 12-1

Comment: Is 1-for-1 on Del Mar's Polytrack. Lost to Rachel
Alexander by 20 3/4 lengths in May and lost to Zenyatta by 6 1/4
lengths in March at Santa Anita.

3. Sprint Style, Patrick Valenzuela Ben Cecil 20-1

Comment: Wouldn't that be a story if Valenzuela won his first
stakes race back in California and beat Zenyatta at the same time?
Not going to happen. Sprint Style has run mainly on the turf, but
sports a first- and third-place finish on synthetics.

4. Dance to My Tune, David Flores Jerry Hollendorfer 12-1

Comment: If there is an upset, this might be the mare. She
should lay just off the pace and be first or second at the head of
the stretch. Lost to Zenyatta by 1 1/4 lengths in March at Santa
Anita.

Comment: There are a few people who would love to see CEO Joe
Harper's reaction if he has to give the trophy for winning this
race to owner Jerry Jamgotchian, a noted hater of Polytrack and the
way Del Mar runs its business. The mare has never won a graded
stakes but finished second in the recent Grade III Chicago Handicap
at Arlington Park. She has never run this far in her career, but
figures to be in the lead.